Monday, November 23, 2015

Treant Familiar: Figure 181 of 265

Once again I found myself short of time, so this weekend I grabbed the Treant familiar from the Familiars set, and prepped that to paint.
I prepped the figure in the usual way; soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish- soap added, then giving it a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying it. I then glued the figure to a black-primed 3/4" fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and then glued the washer-mounted figure to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of the Elmer's glue.

I began by painting the entire figure with Cermacoat "Territorial Beige". I then gave it a wash with GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash. When the wash was dry, I drybrushed the figure with Folk Art "Barn Wood". I then painted the mossy/leafy areas with Crafters Acrylic "Forest Green", and gave the figure two eyes with Crafter's Acrylic "Daffodil Yellow". This was such a quick paint that I had almost finished before I remembered to take a progress shot!

Next, I highlighted the mossy/leafy areas with Crafters Acrylic "Citrus Green", and then gave each eye a Black pupil.
After the figure had overnight to dry, I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish" in the morning. Later that morning I flocked the base, and that evening I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

A nice quick little figure to paint, and I'm very happy with the results. Let me take this opportunity to wish all my readers a Happy Thanksgiving. Hopefully over the holiday weekend I will have some time to paint!

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I've been a gamer since my high school days in the 70's. I'm married to Jennifer, and reside in Maryland. I am co-author, along with Buck Surdu, of "GASLIGHT" and several of its supplements, and "Look, Sarge, No Charts: WWII", and "LSNC: ACW". I also wrote the "Thunder & Plunder"; half of our Pirate rules, "Blood & Swash"
I am a founding member of the HAWKs wargames club.